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A prayer for enthusiasm by Rick Warren.

Never be lacking in zeal but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Romans 12, 11 through 12.

Positive thinking is not enough.

Pulling yourself up by your psychological bootstraps

is not enough.

Talking yourself into optimism is not enough. Talking yourself into optimism is not enough.

The way you stay enthusiastic for a lifetime is found in the word enthusiasm.

The word enthusiasm comes from the Greek word and Theos. The word enthusiasm comes from the Greek word En Theos.

N is the Greek word for the English word in.

Theos is the Greek word for God.

So En Theos means to be in God. When you get in God, you will be

enthusiastic. It's the kind of enthusiasm that isn't affected by the economy or the weather or your circumstances.

It's eternal because you are tied to the eternal God.

You are in Christ.

If you want to reach your goals this year, you need to get God's power by being joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and

faithful in prayer. Dear God, I don't want to go another day without you in my life controlling every part of my heart.

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